Training a Young Pointer How the Experts Developed My Bird Dog and Me
by Healy, JosephFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-07-25
Publisher(s): Stackpole Books
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Summary
Training A Young Pointer is a Stackpole Books publication.
Author Biography
Joe Healy is an avid upland-bird hunter and fly fisherman
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Pointers on Pointers | p. 8 |
| The Early Life of Reilly | p. 19 |
| An Introduction to a Professional Hunting-Dog Trainer | p. 29 |
| Mornings with John Offerman Learning His Training Plan | p. 33 |
| First-Year Pointer Training Begins in Earnest | p. 38 |
| Reilly and Me on the Road | p. 42 |
| Using a Check Cord to Break the Breaks | p. 48 |
| Obedience Training and the Power of the Point | p. 53 |
| For the Love of a Hunting Dog | p. 56 |
| Working on Steady to Wing and Shot | p. 60 |
| Home from the Trainer's | p. 64 |
| Have Travel Trailer, Will Travel-Out into New Coverts | p. 71 |
| Late-Fall Hunting with Dad and Reilly | p. 82 |
| Getting Through Winter; Losing a Friend | p. 90 |
| Starting a New Chapter in Pointer Training-The Second Year | p. 93 |
| Lessons on Training a Pointing Dog | p. 102 |
| Learning from a Pro, John Hayes at Kirby Mountain Kennels | p. 111 |
| Afterword | p. 122 |
| Bibliography | p. 131 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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